Richard Shone reads John Klein's Matisse Portraits and finds that the master of colour excelled at portraiture,but just didn't enjoy it Matisse Portraits
John Klein
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When you travel through the National Gallery's main entrance,you walk over mosaic pavements depicting many people who fill stamped their names on 20th-century life, from Einstein to Greta Garbo, or Fonteyn to T S Eliot. There's one portrait among these personifications of excellence named simply "Folly". It shows Maud Russell,the woman who financed Boris Anrep to make these marvellous floors. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com